# US 10,371,586 B2 · Heated temperature sensor assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,586 B2 - Document ID: US10371586B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/614,031 - Filed: 2017-06-05 - Published: 2018-12-06 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-05 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Chiong Siew Tan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371586B2 ## CPC - G01K 13/02: for measuring temperature of moving fluids or granular materials capable of flow - G01K 1/08: Protective devices, e.g. casings - G01K 13/024: of moving gases - G01K 2205/02: for measuring inlet gas temperature - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) ## Abstract A temperature sensor assembly includes a body configured to receive a heated flow of air therein. The body, in turn, includes a leading surface in thermal communication with the heated flow of air, a first concave surface including a first plurality of vents, a second concave surface including a second plurality of vents, and an air injector disposed within the body. The air injector is configured to apply a suction pressure to the first plurality of vents and to the second plurality of vents. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A temperature sensor assembly comprising: a body configured to receive a heated flow of air therein, said body comprising: a leading surface in thermal communication with the heated flow of air; a first concave surface including a first plurality of vents; a second concave surface including a second plurality of vents; and an air injector disposed within said body, said air injector configured to apply a suction pressure to said first plurality of vents and to said second plurality of vents; and a sensor element spaced apart from said body and disposed downstream of said body; wherein said body is a bluff body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 1, further comprising a first member spaced apart from said body and defining a first flow channel in relation to said body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 2, further comprising a second member spaced apart from said body and defining a second flow channel in relation to said body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 3, wherein said first member and said second member further define a third flow channel in fluid communication with and downstream of said first flow channel and said second flow channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 4, wherein the sensor element is disposed at least partially within said third flow channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 3, wherein said second member includes a convex surface, and wherein the second flow channel is defined between said second concave surface of said body and said convex surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein said first member includes a convex surface, and wherein the first flow channel is defined between said first concave surface of said body and said convex surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said temperature sensor assembly is configured to operate within a range of angles of attack between twenty degrees and minus twenty degrees. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said temperature sensor assembly is configured to operate within a range of angles of attack between fifty degrees and minus fifty degrees. ### Claim 10 A temperature sensor assembly comprising: a body configured to receive a heated flow of air from a compressor, said body comprising: a leading surface in thermal communication with the heated flow of air; a first plurality of vents; and an air injector disposed within said body, said air injector configured to apply a suction pressure to said first plurality of vents; and a sensor element spaced apart from said body and disposed downstream of said body; wherein said body is a bluff body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 10, wherein said body further comprises a second plurality of vents, and wherein said air injector is further configured to apply the suction pressure to said second plurality of vents. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 10, further comprising a first member spaced apart from said body and defining a first flow channel in relation to said body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 12, further comprising a second member spaced apart from said body and defining a second flow channel in relation to said body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said first member and said second member further define a third flow channel in fluid communication with and downstream of said first flow channel and said second flow channel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 14, wherein the sensor element is disposed at least partially within said third flow channel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said second member includes a convex surface, and wherein the second flow channel is defined between said body and said convex surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The temperature sensor assembly of claim 12, wherein said first member includes a convex surface, and wherein the first flow channel is defined between said body and said convex surface. ### Claim 18 A method of operating a temperature sensor assembly, said method comprising: mounting the temperature sensor assembly within an aircraft engine that generates a fluid flow, the temperature sensor assembly comprising: a body including: a leading surface; a first concave surface including a first plurality of vents; a second concave surface including a second plurality of vents; and an air injector disposed within the body; a sensor element spaced apart from said body and disposed downstream of said body; wherein said body is a bluff body; supplying a heated flow of air from a compressor to an interior portion of the leading surface; applying a suction pressure between the first plurality of vents and the air injector; and applying the suction pressure between the second plurality of vents and the air injector.